The performance of British manufacturing in the Post-War long boom

Derek Matthews

Business History, 2007, vol. 49, issue 6, 763-779

Abstract: This article questions the notion which has gained ground recently in the writing of Booth and others that British manufacturing did not fail in the post-Second World War long boom, 1950-1973. By all the traditional measures of performance - output growth rates, productivity growth rates and levels, exports, and profitability - it can be re-affirmed that British manufacturing was out-competed by her rivals. Booth, Broadberry and others have also argued that manufacturing is of less importance to economic growth than services; this too is questioned.

Keywords: British Economy; Long Boom; Manufacturing; Services; Economic Growth; Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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